DIY Home Recording Booth *BEST 2023* // Step by Step 

Don't forget the ceiling

What about ventilation? And are electrical outlet made in the booth or are they outside?also when the rockwool is being installed do paste them on with anything or do you just put them on each other without anything?

What song is that playing in the background???

What’s the measurements?

Artist hate when you say “if you music doesn’t work out you can-“ 😂

@@extremelyzavier2302 yea but not everyone who makes music is an artist

@@9primeofficial building is an art in itself lol. So even if he wasn’t making music he’d still be considered an artist

@@sirabrix8040 eh not everyone who uses tools is an artist either. People seem to believe everything is art I suppose.

🤣

Side note, I already own the foam for the interior of the booth and didn't get the carpet either. probably lowers the price by 100

Alright, the booth is officially built and it did end up adding up to 1000$. HOWEVER, we build our booth to be 5ft by 7ft

Hello, could you plz tell me what type of foam used in the wall insulation in 03:18 minutes, and if there is an amazone link I'll be so 😊

What is the measurements for the 2×4s after you cut the lumber to make the square?? Very curious because Im looking to build one just like the one you built here. Thank you!

if he's serious he'll do it himself lol

@@selfishbeatsdon’t be a jerk.

@@Hakimworldwide lol if he dont he should maybe get a job.

@@selfishbeats damn bro. a mom can’t support her sons creative outlet, What’s the negative judgement for?

Im wondering the same bro thats the whole reason im in comments did u end up building anything similar if u did how did u feed wires through thanks :)

what u gonna be recording thats gonna have u in it long enough to get that hot lol

Ive read that creating more spaces for sound to bounce helps to reduce the sound coming into the booth from outside. Not sure if that's why he did it but it could be just to create extra pockets for sound that might come from outside to dissipate before hitting inside the booth.

up to u every room is diff brody

he def did do the holes

So the insulation is 2 inches thick. The sound quality is great, not "boxy" at all. The whole idea of using foam and Roxel is because the sound will have to travel through multiple layers, each layer dampening the sound waves.

@@henrycaseywhat about the temperature inside? Did you use any type of cooling device? Or doesn’t heat up?

How many hours did this take from start to finish? and if I wanted to double the size does that mean supply costs doubles too? sorry if its a stupid question im just clueless here.

How do you get the cords in the booth?? Wanna make this to turn my engineering into a business but I gotta know how cords get in without letting too much outside sound leak in. My house is almost completely made out of hardwood with tall ceilings and it gets super noisy. Thanks!

@@offblack9905did u ever build it and figure out that answer i want to build it too but cant figure out the cord issue

I built the same exact booth except a bit bigger, and tbh a lot of sound leaks out. I would still recommend it though.

@@JeffHardy169b The outside noise still there when you record??

@@mohamedabbacivic1684 no outside noise, does a great job at blocking that out

@@JeffHardy169b great, thank u 😃

@@JeffHardy169bYo man i cant see in the video how he runs the wires through the booth would be great help if you could explain that to me will be building a booth very shortly

You could add a window :-)

I had the same question. Looks like its gonna get really hot in there

Your neighbors won’t hear ya👍🏼

what do you mean by same?

@@henrycasey you had the purple color and the blue color. Were those both gypsum boards? Just wondering because in the video you mention foam but not in the description.

@@JeffHardy169b gypsum board is the outside layer, gypsum is drywall. The foam is the same, just two different colors

Yes you could This is for any thing just about u want quiet✊🏿

@@jesse_cole I thought voice recording booth should be sound proof ?so?

@@ramirezwilliam8983 Acoustically treated is not "Sound Proof".... Sound proof means the sound cannot be heard from OUTSIDE what ever room you are generating the noise.... I'm pretty sure the goal with this booth is to create dead sound so the mic absorbs all the vocals with no room reflections.

@@TrevorWesleyOfficialHe's using sound proof insulation so I'm assuming he's gunning for fully sound proof. The acoustic tiles on the inside are for making the sound dead, but the insulation is to help prevent it from leaking out.

What kind of interface are you using?

@@donsoulo4617SSL 2+

nice yeezy tho

im not saying it does not work, it certainly 1000% better then recording in room but those osbs inside are very countereffective

What material do you suggest

@@JonnyF.Sunday-dt7gh i think that the best solution is to put some good quality hard absorption material on top of the wool, there are some "professional" foames etc. (instead of osb)

Not at all👍🏼

Starlight by Yung Henry

what are you supposed to do instead?

@@funkerdoo hes right , i built a booth and am finishing it up. had a friend explain some of the isolation issues and sealing plus acoustics for a professional booth and its mind blowing how much studying is needed in each individual space . acoustic foam between all the 2x4s and all wood to minimize vibration and sub tones. my buddys pro at this and i got discouraged but im not going for a ultra pro booth, just something that isolates and keeps my neibours from hearing me work, which im pretty sure why most of us are here lol. good luch.

for sure

It is extremely sound dampening, almost completely soundproof.

You need to sing with 1 breath and 1 take only. 😂

​@@sigma_z plz How to ventilate a closed audio booth?

Model by Yung Henry (feat. Jban$2turnt)

Starlight by Yung Henry

about $900

@@henrycasey thats a win bro

Nope, just had to put the OSB and foam on first because I wouldn't be able to from the inside once the wall was up.

Model (feat. Jban$2turnt) by Yung Henry

That’s cool advice however we all should create a layout which we prefer. He created his to his liking, you can create your own to yours.

@@dont375 yeah true gotta use what you got but here I seen a guy use a pretty good amount of money building his both. Why skimp on another 100 bucks and drastically lower the performance of all the other work you've done though spent a good amount of money in

@@dont375 No. That’s not “cool” advice. It’s great advice. It’s a vocal booth. Sound treatment is it’s only purpose. For the thousand dollars spent on this, he could have built an actual professional level booth. Instead, he built a thousand dollar plywood box that has zero acoustic treatment that leaks a bunch of air (which equates to sound). That air (sound) leak works both ways. Sound out is sound in. His construction was pretty good but when it comes to engineering a sound booth, his skills could use improvement. What may sound like harsh criticism shouldn’t be taken that way. It should be taken as constructive criticism and applied to the situation because all of this “cool” advise floating around here will only lead to a better sounding booth which will lead to a better sounding recording. Which is what I thought the entire purpose of all of this was to begin with 🤷‍♂️. This is all relative to the amount of cash dude spent. It should have (and certainly could have) gone to better material purchases which would have created a much better suited end result.

@@ryanwilson5936 but this look airtight to me,where would the air leak?

@@ryanwilson5936 Maybe you can make a vid showing us the proper way to do it? If not, maybe keep quiet.

foam like that isn't diffusion. you're only option with a small room is to make it dead. no reflection in a small booth is worth having.

lol no it's not. you don't want ANY reflections from a small booth like that. nothing worth keeping.

In the summer it does get warm. But nothing crazy. I know some people create a ventilation system, but with my method of recording, I pop in and out enough to be comfortable.

You are just repeating the same thing you heard over at gearslutz. You probably don’t like foam because the urban industry was all over it 😁Foam squares do work, they are fantastic, i don’t personally use them, but I had and they do reduce over the whole sonic spectrum. They are not made the same it if you get shelek or ozone from the 90’s those reduce greatly on muddy areas 60 cycles, 500hz and yes the high end also. It also depends how much foam you put, where do you put the foam etc.

@@thedayones4918 No. I’m not. The fuck are you talking about “urban industry”? Professional black vocalists use professional recording booths dude. As in decoupled frames and legitimate soundproofing and acoustical treatment actually inside the booth. Not some plywood box with $500 worth of packaging material in it being passed off as a professional solution while using a cheap mic to boot. And no, 1” open-cell foam squares don’t cover the entire sonic spectrum. Not in the slightest. If they did, that would be all anyone ever needed even for in-wall commercial applications. And that’s far from truth. There’s a reason that good broadband panels start around 4” thick. Why? Because the shitty thin foam you paid hundreds of dollars for aren’t doing anything especially when backed against an extremely reflective surface like those used in diy vocal booths (plywood/drywall) regardless of what insulation is used inside the walls. And even broadband absorbers don’t cover the entire sonic spectrum. That’s why bass traps exist. The fact that you have to bring up race AND gearslutz (in defense of expensive open-cell “acoustic” foam garbage nonetheless) just proves your ignorance dude. Learn something new today and spend your money better elsewhere on actual acoustic treatment instead of overpriced glorified mattress covers. But you know, whatever you have to do to justify wasting your money on useless gear and marketing. Oh that’s right, you don’t even use these things anymore. I wonder why that is?……..

@@ryanwilson5936 are broadband absorber and broadband panel the same thing? And what' is lacking this vocal booth?

@@ryanwilson5936 and how would ventilation work?

Nah, because he will be right back in the booth after she breaks his heart